1st Edition
Communication Problems in Elderly People Practical Approaches to Management
By Rosemary Gravell
Copyright 1988
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1980s work with elderly people was making up an increasing proportion of the workload of speech therapists, due to the overall increase in the elderly population. At the same time all health professionals, such as nurses working in long-stay wards or nursing homes, had many elderly patients or clients who showed communication difficulties due to general problems such as... Read more
Acknowledgements. Foreword Rosemary Lubinski, Ed.D. 1. The Aging Process 2. Traditional Approaches to Assessment and Therapy 3. Counselling 4. Communication and Dementia 5. Sensory Changes, Disorders and Management 6. Hospital and Community 7. The Industrial Environment 8. The Multidisciplinary Team 9. Families 10. The State of the Art. References. Index.
Biography
Rosemary Gravell
